Varaha Purana 135.44: Adhyaya 135, Shloka 44
Prescriptions for Expiation of Offences: Red/Black Garments, Improper Touch in Darkness, Impure Leftovers, Eating Boar-Meat, and Consuming Jālapāda
तरन्ति मानुषा येन तिर्यक्संसारसागरात् ॥ गोमयेन दिनं पञ्च कणाहारेण सप्त वै ॥
taranti mānuṣā yena tiryaksaṃsārasāgarāt || gomayena dinaṃ pañca kaṇāhāreṇa sapta vai
ด้วยวิธีใดมนุษย์จึงข้ามพ้นมหาสมุทรแห่งสังสาระที่นำไปสู่ภาวะเป็นสัตว์เดรัจฉานได้?—ให้ยังชีพด้วยโกมยะ (มูลโค) ห้าวัน และด้วยอาหารเมล็ดธัญพืช (กะณะ) เจ็ดวัน เป็นแน่แท้
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; prescriptive instruction begins)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious; seeking means to transcend degraded rebirths","key_question":"By what discipline does a human cross the saṃsāra-ocean that leads into tiryak (animal) states?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"A graded expiatory regimen begins: five days on gomaya, then seven days on kaṇa (grain) diet, as a means to overcome sin leading to animal rebirth.","karmic_consequence":"Proper observance purifies pāpa and prevents tiryak-gati; neglect leaves one vulnerable to degraded transmigration."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics/soteriology","core_concept":"Saṃsāra is crossable through tapas and regulated diet that burns impurity (pāpa) and reforms habit.","practical_application":"Undertake expiation with strict food-regulation under guidance, treating diet as a tool for self-mastery and moral repair."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 135.49-52 (continuation of the regimen and its fruit)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as divine instructor prescribing a severe, stepwise dietary expiation to avert animal rebirth.","item_prompts":["Varāha seated as teacher","ascetic practitioner with begging bowl","cow-dung cakes (gomaya) symbolically shown","small measured grains (kaṇa)","scroll/palm-leaf indicating injunction"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha with calm authoritative posture, warm earthy palette, minimal background, disciple receiving dietary injunction.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: Varāha enthroned with subtle gold halo; offerings of gomaya/kaṇa depicted as symbolic bowls; ornate borders.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework; Varāha teaching gesture (vyākhyāna-mudrā); ascetic in humility; subdued hermitage setting.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: hillside āśrama vignette; Varāha as sage-like deity; small narrative details of measured food portions."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic, purificatory","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, instructive, compassionate"}
FAQs
It documents a specific penitential regimen, useful for comparative studies of dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic prāyaścitta traditions.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Atonement is presented as structured self-discipline aimed at moral and existential purification.
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